The "What Would Happen?" Question

John Davis was the youngest man in history to win the World Championship in Weightlifting - and went on to win a total of six World Championships and two Olympic Gold medals.

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

One quick note, and then we'll talk
training.

1. The March Dinosaur Files

The March Dinosaur Files is out, and
the little monster is getting great reviews.

Go here to grab your copy:

March 2019 Dinosaur Files
(PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-march2019.html

If you missed the January and
February issues, do not despair -
you can grab them here:

Feb 2019 Dinosaur Files (PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-feb2019.html

Jan 2019 Dinosaur Files (PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-jan2019.html

As always - pls shoot me an email
and let me know how you like this
issue - and what you'd like us to
cover in future issues.

2. The "What Would Happen?"
Question

On the training front, here's an interesting
question I received a while back from one
of our longtime Dinos. It's a question I get
fairly often.

This time it came from Chris Califano. He
wrote:

"Here is an interesting question: What would
the result/benefits be if a younger trainee
followed the exact same advice that older
trainees should employ regarding "making
every rep count" and "every exercise and
every set count"?

The mere fact that a younger dedicated lifter
can put more hours into his or her training
should not be a "license to waste energy."

Just that we COULD do it when we were
younger does not mean that we SHOULD
have.

In fact, I am sure that if I had applied the
same methods for Progression with
Recuperation when I was in my teens,
twenties and thirties, I would have
gotten further faster. And with less
if any injuries, nagging or small!

And I would have had more balanced
development, plus better health and
more free time, to boot!

Chris"

Chris -- Thanks for your email. The question
you pose is a good one. Most trainees follow
the over-the-top high volume workouts when
they are young -- and they end up wasting
what should have been the very best years
of their training careers.

It's a crying shame -- especially when it leads
them to quit training -- or to turn to steroids
and other drugs.

If everyone started training the right way from
Day 1 of their career, we'd see many more
trainees achieve great success -- and we'd
see many more trainees stick to their program
for their entire lives.

In terms of concrete results, let's look at
some real-life examples of young men who
started out training the right way from Day
One:

John Davis started training at age 15 -- and
won the World weightlifting championship --
beating not one but two former Olympic gold
medal winners -- at age 17.

John Grimek went from 120 lbs. to 178 lbs.
in his his first three years of training -- and
went from a clean and jerk of 95 lbs. to a
clean and jerk with 247 1/2 lbs.

Steve Stanko gained 80 pounds of muscle in
his first 2 years of training -- and won his first
United States Senior National title later in the
same year.

Frank Spellman worked up to a 240 lb.
military press at a bodyweight of 156 lbs
after just 1 1/2 years of training. He went
on to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948.

Tommy Kono entered his first weightlifting
contest in 1948. He improved his 3-lift total
(press, snatch and clean and jerk) by 195
lbs. over the next 2 years. He won his first
Olympic gold medal in 1952.

Obviously, not everyone is going to become
a World or Olympic Champion, or a Mr.
America.

But if more young guys trained the way
that Davis, Grimek, Stanko, Spellman
and Kono trained, they'd make much
greater progress than they're making
on the modern-day super programs
and typical bomb, blast and blitz
workouts.

That's why I continue to bang the drum.
It's an important message -- and so
many guys and gals need to hear it!

As always, thanks for reading and have
a great day. If you train today (as I will),
make it a good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Be sure to grab the March issue of
The Dinosaur Files - it's a good one!

March 2019 Dinosaur Files
(PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-march2019.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
right here at Dino Headquarters - including
links to my PDF courses and my Kindle
books:

Hard-copy and PDF

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

Kindle

http://www.brookskubik.com/brookskubik-kindle.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:

"If you don't like the old-fashioned
stuff, try building a house without a
hammer and nails."

-- Brooks Kubik

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Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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How Long Should a Workout Take?

John Grimek always recommended the kind of workouts we teach here at Dino Headquarters - and you can't argue with his results!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Three quick notes, and then we'll talk
training.

1. The Dinosaur Files

The March issue of the world-famous
Dinosaur Files strength training news-
letter will be coming out sometime
very soon - probably later today -
and it's another great issue.

One of the feature articles covers Sig
Klein's training philosophy for older
men - and includes a terrific workout
that Klein followed back in the day.

I'll send an email as soon as we get
the links up. Be looking for it!

In the meantime, if you missed the
Jan and Feb issues, go here to grab
them:

Feb 2019 Dinosaur Files (PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-feb2019.html

Jan 2019 Dinosaur Files (PDF)

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-jan2019.html

2.  Something for Older Dinos

Several years ago we did a great mini-course
on effective training for older Dinos --
with a brand new workout. It's available
in PDF with immediate electronic delivery:

Mini-Course for Older Trainees (PDF) 

http://www.brookskubik.com/minicourse_01.html

Many of you already have this little
gem, but if you don't, grab it now. I
Know you'll like it.

3. Dino Files Subscriptions

I forgot to mention - if you want to grab
a one year, 12-issue subscription to the
Dinosaur Files, we can make it happen.

Shoot me an email for details.

4. How Long Should a Workout Take?

I get tons of emails from readers who want
to know how long a workout should take.

They've read about two, three, four and
even five hour workouts -- and about
'"champions" who supposedly train all
day long -- and they wonder how they
can fit all that training into their schedules.

Some trainees even give up and QUIT
because they think they have to train for
several hours in every workout, and they
don't know how they can do it.

It's frustrating, because trainees have been
facing this issue for over 50 years -- and
the answer has been out there for just as
long -- but most trainees still don't get
it.

That's because the good information gets
lost in a sea of bad advice. Or nowadays,
in a cyber-sea of bad advice.

And that's why we all need to keep beating
the drum for sane, sensible, effective and
productive strength training and muscle
building.

So let me do exactly that.

Fifty years ago, Bradley J. Steiner, Peary
Rader, Arthur Jones, and a small handful
of other writers told their readers:

1. Long workouts are not necessary.

2. Most trainees actually do better on
shorter workouts.

3. You can get a terrific, result producing
workout in just 45 to 60 minutes.

a. You even can do it in 30 minutes.

b. Or 20 minutes.

4. Of course, you need to make every
minute count.

a. You need to focus on QUALITY in your
training.

b. Focus on the best exercises -- and follow
the best set/rep systems.

c. Train with concentration and focus.

5. Train for strength. Always try to get
stronger. Always work on improving your
performance from workout to workout.

My own workouts usually take 50 to 75
minutes. Most of them clock in at right
around one hour.

That's one hour, three times a week.

And it works great.

Give it a try, and see what happens!

As always, thanks for reading and have
a great day. If you train today, make it
a good one!

And be looking for that soon-to-arrive
email with the link to the March Dino
Files . . . . you're gonna like it.

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Chalk and Sweat has 50 terrific
workouts for trainees of all experience
levels, and none of them require you
to spend your life in the gym:

Chalk and Sweat

http://www.brookskubik.com/chalk_and_sweat.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
right here at Dino Headquarters - including
links to my PDF courses and my Kindle
books:

Hard-copy and PDF

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

Kindle

http://www.brookskubik.com/brookskubik-kindle.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: 

"It's not how LONG you train, it's HOW
you train that counts."

-- Brooks Kubik

Before You Go . . . . Take a Look at These:

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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Spartan Is Best

World and Olympic champion John Davis spent much of his career training alone in the basement of a neighborhood church in Brooklyn - but he became one of the greatest lifters of all time!

Hail to the Dinosaurs!

Two quick notes, and then we'll talk training.

1. Old Strength Magazines for
Sale

I'm selling tons of old strength magazines,
including the vintage magazines on these
two lists:

Strength and Health Mags

https://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooks-kubiks-iron-game-collection-list.html

Lifting News

https://dinosaurtraining.blogspot.com/2018/12/brooks-kubiks-strength-training.html

These are great mags, with tons of photos
of old-time champions - and articles on how
they trained. Good stuff, and darn near
impossible to find anywhere else.

2. The November Dino Files

Is available right here in PDF format:

Nov. Dino Files

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaurfiles-nov2018.html

It's a great issue - with an excellent
article by one of our long time Dinos,
detailing a new workout he used to
gain (get this) 25 pounds of muscle
in just a couple of months.

Meanwhile, I'm finishing up the
December issue - and it's looking
like another good one! Be looking
for it soon.

3. Spartan Is Best!

On the training front, let's talk about true
Spartan training -- and I don't mean the
so-called "300 workout" they did for the
movie.

There's a great book by Daniel Coyle called
"The Little Book of Talent." It contains 52
rules for improving your performance in
sports, business, job, school, or anything
else.

Coyle studied top performers in a wide
range of disciplines, and found a number
of similarities between the top performers.

They tended to do certain things in the
same ways.

One thing he noted about many highly
skilled, top performers was that they
trained in spartan quarters -- particularly
when they were climbing the ladder.

For example, a top tennis school might
have the future stars of the sport playing
on courts with cracks in them and grass
or weeds pushing up here and there.

A top ski school might look like a 1950s era
scout camp, with the future greats living in
very simple, almost primitive log cabins.

A top high school might have the smartest
kids on the planet studying in what looks
more or less like an old army barracks.

And I'm not making these up. They're real
life examples from Coyle's book.

In contrast, many "fancy" facilities didn't
have a very good track record when it
came to creating successful performers.

The parallel to effective strength training is
obvious. The so-called "fitness" industry
pushes high-tech training in opulent "gyms"
featuring lots of chrome, mirrors, fancy lighting,
air conditioning, aromatherapy, piped in music,
cardio theater, big screen plasma tv's, espresso
bars, donuts, pizza delivery, and row after row
of plushly padded machines.

Soft and gentle is the mantra of the day.

Spartan it is not.

It's the furthest thing in the world from
Spartan.

And that's one of the big reasons why the
Chrome and Fern Pleasure Palace Gyms
don't deliver.

They're too fancy. Too nice. Too pretty.

And fancy, nice and pretty don't work in the
Iron Game.

They never have - and they never will.

As always, thanks for reading and have a
great day. If you train today, make it a
good one!

Yours in strength,

Brooks Kubik

P.S. Dinosaur Training started a back to
basics, strength training revolution when
I published it back in 1996 - and it's
been going strong ever since:

http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_training.html

P.S. 2. My other books and courses are right
here at Dino Headquarters:

http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html

P.S. 3. Thought for the Day: 

"The best leaders live simple lives. So
do the best lifters." 

-- Brooks Kubik

Before You Leave - Check These Out! 

Brooks Kubik's Kindle Books

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We have over 25 books and courses in the Kindle store - including these little monsters:

 
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